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If World War II with Allied bombing raids and then the German destruction of the port wasn't enough, the people of Naples had to contend with an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The March 1944 eruption is the last eruption of Vesuvius. Since then the volcano has been in a quiescent stage without any major sign of activity. The eruption started in the night between March 17 and 18 and ended on March 30. There were 26 peoples who died during the eruption. The eruption occurred shortly after the arrival in Naples of the allied forces in World War II and caught by surprise the military and destroyed the air force planes stationed in the airport of Terzigno east of the mountain. An entire wing of 88 B-25 was damaged by the eruption. The major economic losses resulted by the destruction of the villages of S. Sebastiano and Massa by the lava flow. The image shows people of the destroyed villages leaving their houses.
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